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Margaret Beaufort 1443 – 1509 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 MAY 1443

Birth Location: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 29 JUN 1509

Death Location: Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Father: John Beaufort

Mother: Margaret Beauchamp,

Spouse(s): Edmond Richmond", Henry Stafford, Thomas Stanley

Children(s): Vii Henry, Helen Tudor, Henry Tudor, Henry Vii, Henry VII, Henry None, Henry Tudor,, Hugh Thorry, Mary Plantagenet, Robert Edwards, Bridget Plantagenet, James Tudor

The story of Margaret Beaufort began in 1443 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England. Margaret Beaufort married Edmond Tudor "Earl of Richmond", Henry Stafford, Thomas Stanley, and had children including Vii KINGEngland Henry, Helen Tudor, Henry Tudor, Henry Vii, Henry VII, Henry, Henry Vii Tudor,, Hugh Pruet de Thorry, Mary Plantagenet, Robert Edwards, Bridget Plantagenet, James Iv Tudor. Margaret Beaufort passed away in 1509 in Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Beaufort began in 1443 in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England.
  • Margaret Beaufort married Edmond Tudor "Earl of Richmond", Henry Stafford, Thomas Stanley, and had children including Vii KINGEngland Henry, Helen Tudor, Henry Tudor, Henry Vii, Henry VII, Henry, Henry Vii Tudor,, Hugh Pruet de Thorry, Mary Plantagenet, Robert Edwards, Bridget Plantagenet, James Iv Tudor.
  • Margaret Beaufort passed away in 1509 in Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Beaufort
1370 – 1410
Birth Location: Chateau De Beaufort, Maine Et Lorie, France
JB
Margaret Beauchamp,
1406 – 1480
Birth Location: Worcestershire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Edmond Richmond"
1431 – 1456
Birth Location: England
ER
Henry Stafford
1425 – 1481
Birth Location: Buckingham, England
HS
Thomas Stanley
1435 – 1504
Birth Location: Lathom St James, Lancashire, England
TS

Children(s)

Vii Henry
1340 –
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
VH
Helen Tudor
1455 – 1535
Birth Location: Carnarvonshire, Wales
HT
Henry Tudor
1456 – 1509
Birth Location: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
HT
Henry Vii
1457 – 1509
Birth Location: –
HV
Henry VII
1457 – 1509
Birth Location: –
HV
Henry None
1456 – 1509
Birth Location: Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
H
Henry Tudor,
1457 – 1509
Birth Location: Pembroke St Michael, Pembrokeshire, Wales
HT
Hugh Thorry
1457 – 1509
Birth Location: Castle Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Great Britain
HT
Mary Plantagenet
1467 – 1482
Birth Location: Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England
MP
Robert Edwards
1475 – 1525
Birth Location: –
RE
Bridget Plantagenet
1480 – 1558
Birth Location: Eltham, Kent, England
BP
James Tudor
Birth Location: –
JT

Margaret Beaufort's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Beaufort
1443 – 1509
Birth Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
John De Beaufort
1370 – 1410
Chateau De Beaufort, Maine Et Lorie, France
Margaret (De) Beauchamp,
1406 – 1480
Worcestershire, England
Grandparents
John (de) Stourton
1361 – 1408
Mere, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Jane Basset
1368 – 1407
Wells, Somerset, England
Roger (de) Monthermer
1371 –
England, United Kingdom
Margaret (De) Neville
1341 – 1372
Raby, Durham, England
Great-Grandparents
John Beaufort
1370 – 1410
Catherine Beaumont
1368 – 1435
Ralph Neville
1332 – 1380
Joan Beauchamp
1338 – 1342
Thomas Holland
1314 – 1360
Elizabeth Segrave
1338 – 1369
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Stourton
1361 – 1408
Jane Basset
1368 – 1407
John Beaumont
1335 – 1380
Joan Stockhay
1339 –
Ralph Neville
1290 – 1367
Alice Audley
1304 – 1373
Thomas Beachamp
– 1369
Catherine Mortimer
– 1369
Elizabeth Segrave
1338 – 1369
Edmund Plantagenet,
1341 – 1402
Isabella Castile
1451 – 1504

Margaret Beaufort's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Beaufort (31 MAY 1443 – 29 JUN 1509) m. Edmond (Tudor "Earl of) Richmond" (11 JUN 1431 – 1 NOV 1456) m. Henry Stafford (ABT 1425 – 1481) m. Thomas Stanley (1435 – 29 JUL 1504)
  1. 1. Vii (KINGEngland) Henry (ABT 1340 – ) m. Elizabeth Stafford (ABT 1360 – ) m. A Brenton (ABT 1453 – )
  2. 2. Helen Tudor (1455 – 1535) m. William (John) Gardiner (1459 – 1506) m. William (Kemys Williams Ap Ieuan) Yevan (1443 – 1476) m. Wyllyam ((John)) Gardyner (1459 – 1495) m. Sir (William John (Gardyner)) Gardiner (1450 – 1495)
  3. 3. Henry Tudor (26 JUL 1456 – 21 APR 1509) m. A Brenton (ABT 1453 – ) m. Elizabeth Stafford (ABT 1360 – ) m. Marguerite (Of) Brabant (4 OCT 1276 – 14 DEC 1311) m. Isabella Plantaganet (ABT 1274 – 1279)
    1. 1. Louis D'Orleans (27 JUN 1462 – 1 JAN 1515) m. Anne (De) Dreux (25 JAN 1477 – 9 JAN 1514) m. Mary (Rose) Tudor (18 MAR 1496 – 24 JUN 1533) m. Mary, (Queen of) France (18 MAR 1496 – 26 JUN 1533) m. Margaret (de) Neville (12 FEB 1341 – 11 MAY 1372)
      1. 1. Michel (De) Bucy (ABT 1489 – 8 FEB 1511)
      2. 2. A (still born) son (1492 – )
      3. 3. Charles (Orlando) Valois (11 OCT 1492 – 16 DEC 1495)
      4. 4. N deFrance (1493 – 1493)
      5. 5. A (still) born (1494 – )
      6. 6. A (still born) child (AUG 1494 – AUG 1494)
      7. 7. Francois (Dauphin of) France (1495 – 1495)
      8. 8. Francois (8 SEP 1496 – 2 OCT 1496)
      9. 9. Anne France (20 MAR 1497 – 20 MAR 1497)
      10. 10. Francois Valois (JUL 1497 – JUL 1497)
      11. 11. Anne (Of) France (7 APR 1498 – 7 APR 1498)
      12. 12. Claude Capet (13 OCT 1499 – 20 JUL 1524)
      13. 13. Claudia (Van) Frankrijk (15 OCT 1499 – 20 JUL 1524) m. Claude (de) Lorraine (12 SEP 1494 – 31 MAR 1547)
      14. 14. Son d'Valois (1503 – 1503)
      15. 15. Sohn (Prinz vonFrankreich de) Valois (21 JAN 1503 – 21 JAN 1503)
      16. 16. Capet (21 JAN 1508 – 21 JAN 1508)
      17. 17. Renee (de) Chartres (25 OCT 1509 – 12 JUN 1574)
      18. 18. Renee Capet, (25 OCT 1510 – 12 JUN 1575) m. Hercule (Ii d'Este Duke of) Ferrara (4 APR 1508 – 3 OCT 1559)
      19. 19. Capet (21 JAN 1512 – 21 JAN 1512)
    2. 2. James (Iv King of Scotland) Stewart (17 MAR 1472/1473 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Margaret Tudor (29 NOV 1489 – 24 NOV 1541) m. Margaret Tudor (28 NOV 1489 – 18 OCT 1541) m. Cecily Plantaganet (ABT 1450 – 11 NOV 1503) m. Margaret (Queen Of Of SCOTLAND PRINCESS OF) England (29 NOV 1489 – )
    3. 3. Anthony Brown (ABT 1476 – 1506) m. Anthony Browne m. Lucy Nevill (ABT 1479 – )
    4. 4. Margaret (1489 – 1581)
    5. 5. Henry Tudor (28 JUN 1491 – 28 JAN 1547) m. Catalina (de) Aragon (16 DEC 1485 – 7 JAN 1536) m. 'Queen' (Katherine) Parr (20 DEC 1512 – 5 SEP 1548)
    6. 6. Edmund, (Prince of) England (21 FEB 1498 – 1499)
    7. 7. Katherine Tudor (2 FEB 1503 – 1503)
    8. 8. James (V) Stewart (10 APR 1512 – 14 DEC 1542) m. Madeleine (de) Valois-Angoulême, (10 AUG 1520 – 7 JUL 1537) m. Mary (Of) Guise (22 NOV 1515 – 11 JUN 1560) m. Margaret Tudor (29 NOV 1489 – 24 NOV 1541)
    9. 9. Marie (de) Guise (22 NOV 1515 – ) m. James Stewart, (10 APR 1512 – 14 DEC 1542)
    10. 10. Elizabeth (I) Tudor (7 SEP 1533 – 24 MAR 1603)
    11. 11. Margaret (de) Neville (12 FEB 1341 – 11 MAY 1372) m. Louis D'Orleans (27 JUN 1462 – 1 JAN 1515) m. Charles Brandon (APR 1484 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Charles Brandon (1485 – 24 AUG 1545) m. Charles Brandon (ABT 1474 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Charles (Brandon Duke of) Suffolk (1484 – 22 AUG 1545) m. John Mortimer (1454 – 1544) m. Charles Brondon (ABT 1309 – ) m. <Living> m. <Living> m. Robert Downes (1462 – 1524) m. Robert forness (ABT 1465 – ) m. Living m. Living m. Robert Brandon (1470 – NOV 1524) m. William (de) Ros (19 MAY 1329 – 3 DEC 1352) m. Thomas (De) Beaufort (From 1363 to 1390 – From 1370 to 1471) m. Henry (de) Percy (10 NOV 1341 – 19 FEB 1408)
    12. 12. Ann (( or Margaret )) Neville (1450 – FROM 31 JAN 1527 TO 1528)
    13. 13. Arthur Tudor (19 SEP 1486 – 2 APR 1502) m. Catalina (de) Aragon (16 DEC 1485 – 7 JAN 1536) m. Elizabeth Stafford (ABT 1360 – )
    14. 14. Edmund Tudor (ABT 1488 – )
    15. 15. Margaret Ryce (1489 – 1581) m. Andrew Hobart (ABT 1495 – (UNKNOWN))
    16. 16. Margaret (Tudor Queen of) Scotland (28 NOV 1489 – 18 NOV 1541)
    17. 17. Margaret Tudor (28 NOV 1489 – 18 OCT 1541) m. James (Iv King of Scotland) Stewart (17 MAR 1472/1473 – 9 SEP 1513)
    18. 18. Margaret (Queen Of Of SCOTLAND PRINCESS OF) England (29 NOV 1489 – ) m. James (Iv King of Scotland) Stewart (17 MAR 1472/1473 – 9 SEP 1513)
    19. 19. Margaret Tudor (29 NOV 1489 – 24 NOV 1541) m. James (V) Stewart (10 APR 1512 – 14 DEC 1542) m. James (Iv King of Scotland) Stewart (17 MAR 1472/1473 – 9 SEP 1513) m. Henry (Vii) Tudor, (28 JAN 1457 – 21 APR 1509) m. Archibald Douglas, (1489 – 22 JAN 1557) m. Archibald Douglas (7 SEP 1503 – 29 SEP 1570) m. Patrick (de) Dunbar (ABT 1490 – ABT 1549) m. Henry (Baron Methven) Stewart (ABT 1486 – 11 OCT 1537) m. William Baillie (ABT 1489 – )
    20. 20. Elizabeth Tudor (2 JUL 1492 – 14 SEP 1494)
    21. 21. Elizabeth (Tudor Princess of) England (2 JUL 1492 – 14 SEP 1494)
    22. 22. England (ABT 1494 – )
    23. 23. Margaret (ABT 1495 – ABT 1540)
    24. 24. Mary Tudor (1496 – 1533)
    25. 25. Mary (Rose) Tudor (18 MAR 1496 – 24 JUN 1533) m. Louis D'Orleans (27 JUN 1462 – 1 JAN 1515) m. Charles Brandon (APR 1484 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Robert Goodinowe (1499 – ) m. Charles Brandon (ABT 1474 – 22 AUG 1545)
    26. 26. Mary, (Queen of) France (18 MAR 1496 – 26 JUN 1533) m. Louis D'Orleans (27 JUN 1462 – 1 JAN 1515) m. Charles Brandon (APR 1484 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Louis d'Valois (8 JUN 1330 – 23 JUN 1330) m. Charles Brandon (1485 – 24 AUG 1545) m. <Living> m. Charles Brandon (ABT 1474 – 22 AUG 1545) m. Charles (Brandon Duke of) Suffolk (1484 – 22 AUG 1545)
    27. 27. Edmund (Prince Of ENGLAND[ DUKE OF) Somerset] (21 FEB 1498/1499 – Abt Jan 1499-1500)
    28. 28. Edmund Tudor (21 FEB 1499 – 19 JUN 1500)
    29. 29. Henry FitzRoy (15 JUN 1519 – 22 JUN 1536) m. Mary Howard (1512 – 7 DEC 1557)
    30. 30. Mary m. Henry (( 2nd husband)) Stuart
    31. 31. Margaret York
    32. 32. Beatrix Hungary (AFT 1297 – 1319) m. Karoly (Ii Robert King Of) Hungary m. Robert (Ii) Karoly (ABT 1300 – ) m. Charles (Robert King Of) Hungary
  4. 4. Henry Vii (1457 – 1509) m. Elizabeth (Plantagenet Of) York ( – 1503)
  5. 5. Henry VII (1457 – 1509) m. Anne (1475 – 1578) m. Elizabeth Plantagenent (11 FEB 1464 – 11 FEB 1502) m. Elizabeth Stafford (ABT 1360 – ) m. Elizabeth (of York Elizabeth of) York (1465 – 1503)
  6. 6. Henry (28 JAN 1456/1457 – 21 APR 1509) m. Elizabeth (11 FEB 1466 – 11 FEB 1503)
  7. 7. Henry (Vii) Tudor, (28 JAN 1457 – 21 APR 1509) m. Margaret Tudor (29 NOV 1489 – 24 NOV 1541) m. Elizabeth Stafford (ABT 1360 – )
  8. 8. Hugh (Pruet de) Thorry (28 JAN 1457 – 21 APR 1509) m. A Brenton (ABT 1453 – ) m. Pruet (de) Thorry ( – 24 FEB 1503)
  9. 9. Mary Plantagenet (11 AUG 1467 – 23 MAY 1482)
  10. 10. Robert Edwards (1475 – 1525) m. Elizabeth Stafford (ABT 1360 – ) m. Anne (1475 – 1578)
  11. 11. Bridget Plantagenet (10 NOV 1480 – 1558) m. William Carden (ABT 1510 – 1553)
  12. 12. James (Iv) Tudor

Margaret Beaufort's Timeline

3 Records

1443
31 MAY 1443
Birth of Margaret Beaufort in Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
1509
29 JUN 1509
Age 66
Death of Margaret Beaufort in Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
1509
1509
Age 66
Burial of Margaret Beaufort in Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 MAY 1443
    Event Place: Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 JUN 1509
    Event Place: Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1509
    Event Place: Westminster, Middlesex, England
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